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To be fair though, you have to keep in mind in what part of history this was written. That may have been very modest behavior in that era.
by ulisesrmzroche 12y ago
To be fair though, you have to keep in mind in what part of history this was written. That may have been very modest behavior in that era.
- xaritas 12y agoIndeed. Not being familiar with that particular passage, my thought would be that he means, his uncle does not consider the status-signaling property of "beautiful" (and expensive) property to have any utility. This seems in line with Stoic reasoning. I would also assume that by "slaves" he means, legal status aside, what would be called "the help" in a different era, i.e., the most visible members of a wealthy person's household and retinue. I'm sure that nobody was socially shunned because their salt-miners and ice-cutters were hideous to behold.